[Zolda]

This episode begins with Minato also getting entangled in the same freezing liquid mishap that happened to Rinne and Renge. And the solution to this mishap as shown @ 21:25 is simply using Kesuzo to erase the freezing liquid from the victims. If Sabimaru already knew the solution, then why didn't he immediately do it in the previous episode? Don't know!

I've just realized that there's something weird in this episode and the previous one. Rinne said in episode 2 @ 11:40 that there's a one-in-a-million chance that inorganic, non-living matters will create an organic, living organism. If so, then how could 2 mere novice alchemists (Kid Kenichi and Kid Sabimaru) successfully created a Chemy (Kamedoon) on their first attempt, simply by following instructions from text books? If the creation of Chemies are true outlier results of experiments that are very very very hard to replicate, then how could they instantly create a Chemy without trial and error? Even the likes of Minato, Kyouka, or Spanner have never been able to create a Chemy. Not even Fuga has been able to create a Chemy, because it's implied that he was not the one who created Nijigon.

In the scene @ 13:16 it's shown that Glion transmutes Kenichi's copy of the Isaac tablet into a Dreadriver which is then he commands to transform in KR Dread and fight Sabimaru. My hypothesis in episode 42 thread here was quite correct. It explains the stiff movement of this particular KR Dread. Glion then says that this particular KR Dread is the Dread Trooper, an AI-controlled doll that moves according to the commands from a copy of his soul inside the Dreadriver. Hmmm? Aren't The Sisters and his other homunculi are, in a sense, AI dolls with their own sentience? Perhaps The Sisters and his other homunculi are sentient automata, but are not directly connected to and or controlled by Glion's soul, which creates the risk of defection, like what happened to Lachesis. In the scene @ 22:45 Glion transmutes his favorite golden Rubik cube into a Dreadriver that creates a network of interconnected Dreadrivers (which is an obvious allusion to neural network), so the Dread Troopers are directly connected to each other and controlled by a copy of his soul stored inside each Dreadriver unit, creating zero risk of defection. The Dread Troopers are basically a legion of soldiers over which Glion has absolute control. Glion's soul-copying technique likely works similar to Fuga's surrogate bodies, which also contain copies of his soul. Could the Valvarad Troopers (?) work in similar way, maybe even reuse Kenichi's AI technology and combine it with Fuga's surrogate technology?

There's another weird thing in this episode. If Glion is already a master (maybe even the master) at creating numerous amount of homunculi, then why doesn't he simply copy his soul into the bodies of blank homunculi, effectively replacing the homunculi's souls with his? He already managed to copy his soul into his favorite golden Rubik cube that was used by Atropos to revive him in episode 41. If Glion has already mastered the soul-copying technique, then why does he need a meandering plan in this episode to steal Kenichi's Isaac AI technology, which is also another technique at copying a human's soul? Don't know!

There's yet another weird thing in this episode. In the scene @ 18:11, Sabimaru manages to destroy the Dread Trooper using the X-Gotchalibur and Kamedoon RCC. If that destroyed Dread Trooper was created by transmuting Kenichi's copy of the Isaac tablet (which contained the AI technology) into a Dreadriver, then how can Glion transmute his favorite golden Rubik cube into a network of Dreadrivers that still contain Kenichi's AI technology? Isn't Kenichi's AI technology supposedly to be also destroyed when Sabimaru destroyed the Dread Trooper? Don't know! TLDR: That Dread Trooper is destroyed = AI Dreadriver is destroyed = Kenichi's Isaac tablet is destroyed = Kenichi's AI technology is also destroyed = Glion doesn't have it anymore. So, chronologically, the scenes @ 13:16-18:36 should happen after the scene @ 22:45. It seems like the writers didn't properly storyboard-proof their script.

Based on what Houtarou says to Kenichi @ 16:24, what Glion whispers to Mami @ 15:36 is likely "I've never loved you." Haha. She was likely also involved in the creation of The Sisters and Glion's other homunculi, or at least in developing the technology. So, in that sense, she could be viewed as The Sisters' mother.

Next week:

Something strange is seemingly happening to Kajiki's memory due to being Neuralyzed several times by Minato. It seems like the erased memories resurface and confuse him and create a problem in his relationship with Hijiri. Kajiki's resurfacing memories could be a set up to prepare for the full reveal of Houtarou's manipulated memories, which I think very likely have something to do with Houtarou's dad and the circumstances of his disappearance, the identity of the the Alchemist of Dawn, and the possibility of the connection between Houtarou, his dad, and the Alchemist of Dawn.

Malice of the past is reawakening. It seems like several Malgamized humans will return in episode 44, thanks to Clotho. Because Houtarou et al has possessed all 101 RCC's, are the new Malgams created from the Repli CC's? And is Clotho secretly colluding with Gaelya to sabotage Glion's plan?

Keiichi Hasegawa returns to writing duty and will likely write all remaining episodes. KR Gavv was announced this week and will begin broadcasting in September 2024, very likely on September 1st, like Gotchard that began broadcasting on September 3rd 2023 and all previous KR series since Build that began broadcasting in the first week of September. If my prediction is correct, then there are 7 episodes remaining (44-50) that are all written by Hasegawa. He has a gargantuan task of cleaning up the mess created by Hiroki Uchida and Akiko Inoue. I wonder how he will resolve several logical anomalies that have appeared in this story. I'm also curious as to how he will resolve the circumstances surrounding Houtarou's dad and the possibility of the connection between Houtarou, his dad, and the Alchemist of Dawn like I mentioned above. The circumstances surrounding Houtarou's dad (and the the identity of the the Alchemist of Dawn) have been set up since episode 1, very likely as a plot twist. I hope it's resolved well as a proper plot twist. If it's poorly handled, then, instead of being resolved, it will end up as an asspull and as a cheap "Gotcha!" moment that will potentially break the story into pieces.